Eleanor O’Keeffe McSherry

Eleanor McSherry BA MA PGCertTLHEd is a highly qualified Programme Coordinator/designer, researcher and lecturer with UCC (ACE). She lectures and gives workshops, in the areas of neurodiversity in the screen industry, autism studies, disability studies, mental health, film scriptwriting, creative writing, film and media. She is currently doing her PhD with in Maynooth University’s Media Department. She is also a graduate of MIC.

Eleanor has been heavily involved in the film industry in Limerick as a filmmaker, advocate and representative, since 2008. She is a multi-shortlisted short film scriptwriter since 2009 and has worked in a number of roles with various production companies in the Mid-West of Ireland. Her most recent film was with Sidhe Film Company - the short film Paddy (2019), where she was the production Script Supervisor. She is a freelance journalist for many years including, until recently, with Film Ireland. She also has worked with a number of film festivals, in roles such as a creative director, public relations and film judge.

Eleanor created the Wellbeing Coordination for the Screen Sector course for Screen Ireland with University College Cork's Adult Continuing Education, in conjunction with the School of Nursing and Midwifery (Mental Health Nursing) and the Film and Screen Media Department.